Toothbrush holder



Patented Dec. 25, 1928 WALTER C. ATHON, OF LAVOY E, WYOMING.

' roornnausn HOLDER.

Application filed June 13, 1927. Serial No. 198,604

This invention relates to a combined tooth I brush holder and antisepticdevice.

An object of the invention is the provision of a tooth brush holder inthe form of an elongated container in which the bristles of the brushare adapted to be held in protected relationand in which an antisepticsolution'or powder is removably supported in the container which willaid in maintaining the air in an antiseptic state to prevent the germsor bacteria from propagating in the bristles.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a tooth brushholder adapted to house the bristlesof the brush which are adapted to bemaintained in an atmosphere impregnated with an antiseptic located with-I in the container, the antiseptic being in the form of a liquid orpowder capable of giving off fumes or vapors for keeping the bristles ofthe brush in an antiseptic condition.

This invention will be best understood from a consideration of'thefollowing detailed description, in view of the accompanying drawingsforming a part of the specification; nevertheless it is to be understoodthat the invention is not confined to the disclosure, being susceptibleof such changes and modifications which shall define no materialdeparture from the salient features of the invention-as expressed in theappended claims.

' In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the tooth brushholder and antiseptic vial removably mounted in the holder,

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the de vice shown in Fig. 1,

Figure 3 is a vertical section of the holder showing the brush removedand the method of removing the vial containing the anti septic,

Figure 4 is a horizontal section taken along the lined- 1 of Fig. 2, and

Figure 5 is a horizontal section taken along the line 55 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1O designates an elongatedholder which is closed at its upper end, shown at 11, and open at itslower end 12 for the insertion of the tooth brush 13, whereby thebristles 14 are completely housed within the container. This containermay be formed of any material suitable for the purpose but I preferablyemploy glass, so that the contents of the container may be visible fromthe exterior. at the upper portion, as indicated at 15, hassubstantially the same diameter, while the lower portion, as indicatedat 16 is progressively expanded until the shoulder 17 is reached, wherethe holder then is decreased in diameter to form a neck 18 havs 'ing theouter end flared at 19 to provide for the ready insertion of the toothbrush. The shoulder 17 provides means for aiding in supporting the toothbrush within the container.

The holder is supported by an elastic means in combination with abracketwhich is described and claimed in my co-pending application, Serial#192,738 filed May 19, 1927. This bracket consists of a curved metalmember 20 which conforms to the shape of the holder 10 and issemi-cylindrical in shape except a channel portion 21 which is adaptedto be secured by means of screws 22 to a fixed support orwall 23 of aroom. The ends of the curved metal member are bent backwardly, as shownat 24, providing inturned flanges to receive the opposite ends of anannular rubber member 25 and having the remaining portion in engagementwith the outer face of the container and in effect completing thecircumference of a circle of which the curved metal member 20 forms apart. By the removal of the elastic member 25 the container 10 isreadily released from the curved bracket 20.

Antiseptic material 26 is placed in a vial 27 which is removablysupported within the upper end of the container 10 by means of a rubbergasket 28. This gasket has a central opening 29 which receives the neck30 of the vial 27. The periphery of the gasket is cut away to provideopenings 31 so that the air saturated with the antiseptic inthe vialwill be able to pass around the gasket and come in contact with thebristles of the tooth brush. hen a stopper is employed, as shown at 32,in order to prevent the ready spilling of the contents of the vial, saidstopper is provided with a central passage 33 to permit the escape ofthe antiseptic, either in vaporous form or in fine particles forsaturating the air of the container 10. The upper end of the vial islocated adjacent the closed end 11 of the container and said closedendmay be of any suitable shape.

The gasket is placed within the neck of The container position of limitin said container. When it is desired to remove the vial, a rod 8% isinserted wthin the container, and a right angularly bent portion 35 isforced through one of the cut out portions 31 of the gasket. The rod isthen revolved until the member 05 engages the top of the vial whence aslight pull on the rod will cause the vial to be with I claim 1. Adevice of the character described comprising a holder providing ahousing for a tooth brush, having one end closed and the other end open,a vial located within the holder, a rubber gasket embracing the vial andhaving its periphery in frictional contact with the inner wall of theholder.

2. A device of the character described comprising a holder providing ahousing for a tooth brush, having one end closed and the other end opena vial located within the holder, a rubber gasket embracing the vial andhaving its periphery in frictional contactwith the innerwa-ll of theholder, said gasket having passages to provide for the circulation ofair between the vial and the holder.

WALTER C. ATHON.

